I'm sure this has been discussed many times.
I've just played a game that my eyes had not seen for perhaps 15-18 years. It took me about two hours to complete, and the leaderbord for this game shows results ranging from 24 minutes to just over half an hour.
Is it okay to submit slow runs as well?
Yes I've seen slow runs on several leaderboards, I suppose accepting slowruns may be up to moderators to accept and list or not to.
Depends on the mod. The site rules say that you are allowed to reject runs that are clearly not making an effort to go fast, but other mods may verify it just because it's funny I guess. I wouldn't submit anything until you do an actual run. Then, even if the time is slower than everyone else, it's still a speedrun that is worth putting on the boards.
Jay cool. My slowrun also consisted of numerous continues... and actually, as I had not played that game for so long, it felt like it was a speedrun to me. I just had not practised!.
I usually wait until I have a few attempts under my belt before I even submit a run. When you start running a game you generally have a period of a wild variation of time improvements, which usually results in getting PBs by several minutes at times.
There's nothing preventing you from submitting a run any time as long as you're comfortable with the time you got (well, unless otherwise stated by the game's mods), but I really suggest giving it a few more tries before doing so, as I suspect you'll get noticeably closer to the other runners. :)
id only submit if i my playtrough of said game was done with trying to beat it as fast as possible in mind and as a mod as long as i can see that intent ill accept the run but like Merl_ said, it depends on the mod
Congrats on your PB!
Anyways, I prefer uploading slow runs to the leaderboards, as long as I am playing it in one sitting. It feels like I am starting to enter the community and be active, and that feeling is real nice.